Marco Rubio: America Changes Immigrants

No Marco, you twit. Immigrants change America. Pull your skirt down, your double-talk is showing.

Sen. Marco Rubio gave a lengthy defense of his work on immigration reform on Tuesday, telling a room full of journalists that he wasn’t in the debate to score political points or guarantee Republicans the Hispanic vote, but rather because it’s personal.

Speaking for nearly 45 minutes at a conference of the American Society of News Editors in Washington, the Florida Republican reiterated a line from a recent interview that he doesn’t expect his involvement on the issue will win him any parades, and he also addressed the criticism that he might be working against his party by legalizing 11 million new citizens that will vote Democrat.”I have never ever said to anyone and I will not say here today that if we pass this bill, suddenly Republicans are going to get to 55 percent of the Hispanic vote across the country. I do think that if we do deal with this issue, it will allow us to talk about other issues,” Rubio said in a response to an audience question, mentioning economic issues that over the long run he believes will win over Hispanics and others to the conservative cause.

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2013-06-27